K'riq Sa
Commodore
As some of you know I am currently producing a fanflick "Starfleet Rangers: Alpha Colony Mars" and I am in the midst of designing the bridge for the S.S. New York and I need help. I am trying to come up with a bridge design that will reflect where Starfleet was at the time, and your talking to someopne with absolutly minimum skills in the department, so that's why i'm asking for help, i always try to be smart enough to know what i'm not good at and relenquish it to someone who does, so as not to make others suffer unnecessaryly. I had this thread in another Forum, but it dawned on me that the people who were there, were there mostly to debate canon. oh well thought I'd better try here, instead.
I have no preconceived notions about what I want, as I have just started the process. The ship was commissioned into service 2105. Any ideas and contributions will be noted and credited. The final version will be used to build the full size bridge set for the series.
More info can be found here
http://starfleetmngmt.proboards38.co...play&thread=24
Here is a drawing from a runabout I tried to hack together, what I would think would be somewhat of the configuration, I would imagine it would have only a little larger. The viewport would be better served if it were mono rather than broken up into two side-by side. The space looks rectagularish, and I wouldn't rule out a pool table MSD as was suggested in the other thread, it just seems like it would eat up valuable space on such a small wessel.
Here is some info from the designer Albertese...
Interesting. So are you planing to build two bridge sets or having one to redress as the different ships? I've had a chance to do some drawings of what I had in mind for the bridge of the ship as i originally designed it. (unfortunately still no progress on getting my own computer fixed, so i can't really show you what I'm talking about.)
The bridge as i am conceiving it would be about 20'x30' with a real cozy ready room and conference room on either side (port and starboard) which would make the whole set more like 30'x40' IIRC (again, I'm at my buddy's house to use the computer so I don't have the drawing in front of me). Not knowing exactly what you're using as a stage area, I don't know if that would fit your space or not.
Some ideas I might be able to describe:
Flat Walls.
Even if you do go with a round bridge, you should make it out of flat sections. If you look at Kirk's bridge, it was made almost totally of flat panels, even though it seemed round. In fact the only curved panels were on the ceiling fairings and even those were only curved in one axis. This will make it fit well with trek continuity as well as be quicker and easier to build by you and your crew.
Captain's Chair:
I would put more displays immediately around the captain's seat. Almost like what Sisko had around his seat on the Defiant, but a little more substantial. The chair itself ought to be more like Archer's and less like Kirk's.
Helm Console:
I would make a one seat station out of this, not too unlike Mayweather's station on NX-01. One idea I had that I think would set it apart from other bridges would be to have an overhead console as well. This would have displays on it, but I'm not seeing actual controls given that it'd not be in convenient reach for whoever is sitting there. This would help to break up the space of the room and make it seem kind of cluttered. I think that a more "stuff-in-the-way" look like in a submarine would lend itself to the era you're trying to represent.
Viewscreen/Windows:
I like the idea of windows on the front, but I thought it would be cool for the captain to have a smallish (30" or so) viewscreen mounted to the ceiling that would serve all the same functions of the viewscreen we're familiar with from the other shows.
just some info I thought you might like to have.
Here is a shot of the NX bridge...
and here is a 3d pictograph...
Here is a drawing of the ship the SS New York, from 3 different angles, for reference.
inpersuasvily,
K'riq Sa
I have no preconceived notions about what I want, as I have just started the process. The ship was commissioned into service 2105. Any ideas and contributions will be noted and credited. The final version will be used to build the full size bridge set for the series.
More info can be found here
http://starfleetmngmt.proboards38.co...play&thread=24
Here is a drawing from a runabout I tried to hack together, what I would think would be somewhat of the configuration, I would imagine it would have only a little larger. The viewport would be better served if it were mono rather than broken up into two side-by side. The space looks rectagularish, and I wouldn't rule out a pool table MSD as was suggested in the other thread, it just seems like it would eat up valuable space on such a small wessel.
Here is some info from the designer Albertese...
Interesting. So are you planing to build two bridge sets or having one to redress as the different ships? I've had a chance to do some drawings of what I had in mind for the bridge of the ship as i originally designed it. (unfortunately still no progress on getting my own computer fixed, so i can't really show you what I'm talking about.)
The bridge as i am conceiving it would be about 20'x30' with a real cozy ready room and conference room on either side (port and starboard) which would make the whole set more like 30'x40' IIRC (again, I'm at my buddy's house to use the computer so I don't have the drawing in front of me). Not knowing exactly what you're using as a stage area, I don't know if that would fit your space or not.
Some ideas I might be able to describe:
Flat Walls.
Even if you do go with a round bridge, you should make it out of flat sections. If you look at Kirk's bridge, it was made almost totally of flat panels, even though it seemed round. In fact the only curved panels were on the ceiling fairings and even those were only curved in one axis. This will make it fit well with trek continuity as well as be quicker and easier to build by you and your crew.
Captain's Chair:
I would put more displays immediately around the captain's seat. Almost like what Sisko had around his seat on the Defiant, but a little more substantial. The chair itself ought to be more like Archer's and less like Kirk's.
Helm Console:
I would make a one seat station out of this, not too unlike Mayweather's station on NX-01. One idea I had that I think would set it apart from other bridges would be to have an overhead console as well. This would have displays on it, but I'm not seeing actual controls given that it'd not be in convenient reach for whoever is sitting there. This would help to break up the space of the room and make it seem kind of cluttered. I think that a more "stuff-in-the-way" look like in a submarine would lend itself to the era you're trying to represent.
Viewscreen/Windows:
I like the idea of windows on the front, but I thought it would be cool for the captain to have a smallish (30" or so) viewscreen mounted to the ceiling that would serve all the same functions of the viewscreen we're familiar with from the other shows.
just some info I thought you might like to have.
Here is a shot of the NX bridge...
and here is a 3d pictograph...
Here is a drawing of the ship the SS New York, from 3 different angles, for reference.
inpersuasvily,
K'riq Sa
That made me laugh for some reason. Cool ship though.
